System and Method for Establishing Bidirectional Links Between Multiphysics Modeling and Design Systems

1. A method executable on one or more physical processors for implementing communications between a computer aided design (CAD) system and a multiphysics modeling system, the method comprising the acts of: establishing, via at least one of the one or more physical processors, a bidirectional link communicatively connecting a CAD system and a multiphysics modeling system, the bidirectional link providing communication from a first user interface of the multiphysics modeling system directly to a second user interface of the CAD system, wherein the bidirectional link further communicatively connects with a modeling and simulation module of the multiphysics modeling system; and directly communicating instructions from the first user interface to the second user interface via the bidirectional link as part of an iterative process, the bidirectional link residing in one or more non-transitory computer readable media, the instructions including commands for generating a geometric representation of a physical system being modeled by the multiphysics modeling system, the generating of the geometric representation in the CAD system based on parameters communicated from the multiphysics modeling system, wherein the act of directly communicating includes communicating first instructions from the first user interface to the second user interface, the first instructions including first commands for generating a first geometric representation in the CAD system based on one or more first parameters determined by the multiphysics modeling system, the multiphysics modeling system including an optimization process for automatically determining one or more updated parameters based on the one or more first parameters, the act of directly communicating further including communicating second instructions from the first user interface to the second user interface, the second instructions including second commands for generating an updated geometric representation in the CAD system based on the one or more updated parameters.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bidirectional link communicatively connecting the CAD system and the multiphysics modeling system provides for sending and receiving instructions by both the multiphysics modeling system and the CAD system.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the sending and receiving of instructions is implemented via one of more dynamic link libraries.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the CAD system and the multiphysics modeling system each have a separate dynamic link library.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising in response to a communicated instruction being received by the second user interface from the first user interface via the established bidirectional link, generating files within the CAD system that include the geometric representation.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising in response to another communicated instruction being received by the multiphysics modeling system from the CAD system via the established bidirectional link, generating a geometrical domain in the multiphysics modeling system using the files containing the geometric representation and a determined geometric sequence.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising defining a multiphysics problem using the geometrical domain.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising in response to a communicated instruction being received by the multiphysics modeling system from the CAD system via the established bidirectional link, sending parameters for a multiphysics problem from the multiphysics modeling system, the parameters defining geometric features for the CAD system.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the act of communicating instructions includes sending parameter lists representing variations in geometric features.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining, via associativity mapping, physical properties and boundary conditions for each variation to a defined multiphysics problem.

11. The method of claim 2 , wherein the bidirectional link provides for an automated sending and receiving of instructions between the CAD system and the multiphysics modeling system.

12. The method of claim 5 , further comprising the CAD system sending the files to the multiphysics modeling system and the multiphysics modeling system receiving said files.

13. The method of claim 6 , further comprising defining and creating, within the multiphysics modeling system, one or more meshes using the geometrical domain.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising defining a multiphysics problem using the created one or more meshes.

15. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions executable on one or more physical processors associated with a bidirectional link between a computer aided design (CAD) system and a multiphysics modeling system, the instructions including the acts of: detecting the CAD system; and communicating instructions between a detected CAD system and a multiphysics modeling system via the bidirectional link, the multiphysics modeling system including a modeling and simulation module, the bidirectional link providing communication from a first user interface of the multiphysics modeling system directly to a second user interface of the CAD system, at least a portion of the instructions being communicated from the first user interface directly to the second user interface via the bidirectional link as part of an iterative process, wherein the instructions include commanding the CAD system to generate a geometric representation of a physical system being modeled by the modeling and simulation module of the multiphysics modeling system, the geometric representation based on parameters received from the multiphysics modeling system via the bidirectional link, the communicating of instructions including directly communicating first instructions from the multiphysics modeling system to the CAD system, the first instructions including first commands for generating a first geometric representation in the CAD system based on first parameters determined by the multiphysics modeling system, the multiphysics modeling system including an optimization process for automatically determining second different parameters based on the first parameters, the direct communicating occurring automatically during the optimization process and further including directly communicating second instructions from the multiphysics modeling system to the CAD system, the second instructions including second commands for generating a second different geometric representation in the CAD system based on the second different parameters.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 15 , wherein the act of communicating instructions includes both sending and receiving instructions by the multiphysics modeling system and the CAD system.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 15 , wherein the act of communicating instructions is implemented via one or more dynamic link libraries.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 17 , wherein the CAD system and the multiphysics modeling system each have a separate dynamic link library.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 15 , further comprising in response to a communicated instruction being received by the CAD system from the multiphysics modeling system via the established bidirectional link, generating files within the CAD system that include the geometric representation.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 15 , further comprising determining, via associativity mapping, physical properties and boundary conditions for predetermined variations to a defined multiphysics problem.

21. The one or more non-transitory computer readable media of claim 16 , wherein the bidirectional link provides for an automated sending and receiving of instructions between the CAD system and the multiphysics modeling system.